Sentence examples for were prevailing from inspiring English sources
adjective
Predominant; of greatest force.
- The prevailing opinion was for additional planning time.
That did not mean progressive values were prevailing across the board: 36% said women should stay at home rather than work, the same proportion as in 1997.
While Sigurdsson and Co were prevailing, Josh McEachran, the brightest teenager to emerge from the Chelsea ranks for years, sat out yet another match on the Swansea bench.
Though Mr. Obama expressed approval that "cooler heads" were prevailing in the House, according to his press secretary, Jay Carney, he also made it clear that the offer needs to include an end to the shutdown.
High output could have emanated from the extreme dry conditions, which were prevailing in southern Africa during the 2015/16 rain season when this study was undertaken.
This sharp drop in epg count might be due to the unexpected dry conditions that were prevailing during that period in the rainy season.
To better capture the attributes of the educational system and parental factors that were prevailing at the time immigrants undertook their education, lagged data from the period 1975 to 1980 are used4.
The voters are prevailing.
And, at present, quantity is prevailing.
So far, the older generation is prevailing.
At last common sense is prevailing.
"Now Android is prevailing," he said.
